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English translation: piece, or gun

17:31 Mar 9, 2024
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense / Equipment
Swedish term or phrase: pjäs
Not "piece" or "chessman". I think this has to do with mortars or artillery.

"Provningen bedrevs inom ramen för validering av Archer Pjäs och enligt omfattning i kap.1.2." is one of the sentences given.
Paul Lambert
Sweden
Local time: 06:28
English translation:piece, or gun
Explanation:
I asked my Swedish-native-speaker son, who immediately said "Archer... that's an artillery piece". Also, I see "piece, gun" for this military-related sense in the Norstedt Sw>En Ordbok.

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Note added at 12 mins (2024-03-09 17:44:16 GMT)
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To be precise, the dictionary entry says "piece [of ordnance]... gun". It seems pretty clear to me that you can use the term "piece" to translate this. It'll work fine in context.
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Robert Farren
Ireland
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
piece, or gun


Explanation:
I asked my Swedish-native-speaker son, who immediately said "Archer... that's an artillery piece". Also, I see "piece, gun" for this military-related sense in the Norstedt Sw>En Ordbok.

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Note added at 12 mins (2024-03-09 17:44:16 GMT)
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To be precise, the dictionary entry says "piece [of ordnance]... gun". It seems pretty clear to me that you can use the term "piece" to translate this. It'll work fine in context.

Robert Farren
Ireland
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michele Fauble
58 mins
agree  Adrian MM.: with gun: also in Gullberg.
1 hr
agree  SafeTex
6 hrs
agree  Deane Goltermann: 'Piece' is correct in general contexts. Generally. But your sentence has Archer Pjäs (caps) which tells me this is its formal designation. That designation is 'Archer Artillery System' here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_Artillery_System)
17 hrs
agree  Maria Hartman: Good.
52 days
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